Director, Data Enablement & Governance

Save the Children; Fairfield (CT); Hybrid; USD 81,000 - 111,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible schedules

Health care

PTO & holidays

Retirement plan

Wellness days

EAP

Job summary

Save the Children is seeking a Director, Data Support to lead and mature the Data Support team, ensuring high-quality data operations that enable marketing, fundraising, and governance initiatives. You will manage analysts, collaborate with data infrastructure teams, and engage stakeholders to deliver efficient data services.

You will drive data quality, optimize processes, and support strategic decision-making through accurate and timely data, while guiding capacity planning and governance

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years leading a data management or data services team.
• Strong knowledge of data management principles and governance practices.
• Experience in capacity and resource management, demand management, and working with business teams.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook.
• Proficiency with Atlassian products (Jira, Jira Service Management (JSM), Confluence), including dashboard creation, filter development, reporting, and workload management.
• Professional proficiency in spoken and written English.

Responsibilities

• Lead Data Support team and manage priorities and blockers.
• Train, develop, coach, and supervise staff and align work with mission and values.
• Oversee resource allocation, workload balancing, and capacity planning.

Skills

Data governance

Team leadership

Stakeholder mgmt

Data quality

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Jira

Jira Service Management

Confluence

Job description

Save the Children is seeking a Director, Data Support to lead and mature the Data Support team, ensuring high-quality data operations that enable marketing, fundraising, and governance initiatives. You will manage analysts, collaborate with data infrastructure teams, and engage stakeholders to deliver efficient data services.

You will drive data quality, optimize processes, and support strategic decision-making through accurate and timely data, while guiding capacity planning and governance